Abstract

The problem of consciousness has captured the imagination of
philosophers, neuroscientists, and the general public, but has
received little attention within AI. However, concepts from robotics
and computer vision hold great promise to account for the major
aspects of the phenomenon of consciousness, including philosophically
problematical aspects such as the vividness of qualia, the
first-person character of conscious experience, and the property of
intentionality. This paper presents and evaluates such an account
against eleven features of consciousness ``that any
philosophical-scientific theory should hope to explain'', according to
the philosopher and prominent AI critic John Searle.